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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






2. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






3. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






4. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






5. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






6. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






7. Reading can be learned as naturally as speaking - reading is focused on constructing meaning from texts using children's books rather than basal or controlled readers - reading is best learned in the context of the group - phonics is taught indirectl






8. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






9. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment






10. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






11. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






12. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






13. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






14. A word to which affixes are added. A base word can stand alone.






15. Feeling through fingertips






16. Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Screening test. test phonological awareness - phonological memory - rapid naming...norms given in Percentiles - Standard Scores - Age and Grade Equivalents






17. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






18. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






19. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






20. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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21. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






22. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






23. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






24. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






25. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






26. Multisensory Structured Language Education






27. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






28. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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29. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






30. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






31. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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32. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






33. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






34. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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35. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






36. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






37. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






38. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






39. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






40. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






41. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






42. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






43. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






44. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






45. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






46. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






47. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






48. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






49. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






50. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.







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